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30-second board
Plan your year with Moffat, Brock, Johnson... If you've never been to Mount Panorama in Australia for the Bathurst 1000…
December 2005
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Damien Smith's Off the line
Vote for the best GP There I was last month banging on about how Formula One should take note of…
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New champions -- who's taken the big 2005 titles?
Gary Paffett: Just 24 years old, the Brit is already a champion in one of Europe's top touring car…
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Ginther, Surtees, Button?
Honda re-enters F1 as a constructor. Now Button and Barichello have to recreate the glory years of the '60s. Honda…
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Rosberg in at Williams
GP2 Series champion Nico Rosberg has taken the second drive in the Williams Formula One team for 2006. Rosberg, who…
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My first race -- by Eric van de Poele
Renault 12, Zolder,1979 My dad was selling his old road car, a Renault 12, and I bought it from him…
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Snetterton revamp
Snetterton is to undergo a massive redevelopment which could lead to the return of high-level international racing to the venue.…
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New Porsche RS Spyder
Porsche's brand new RS Spyder sports-racer enjoyed a highly successful race debut in the American Le Mans Series at Laguna…
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Obituary: Adrian Yates-Smith
This former Porsche endurance regular died on October 4 following a stroke. After starting out in speed events, Yates-Smith burst…
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Event of the month -- Trophées Historique de Bourgogne
The fast, flowing Dijon-Prenois circuit in France brought the 2005 European historic season to a close. Paul Lawrence reports Photography…
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Nigel Roebuck's Legends
Motor Sport's famous journalist Denis Jenkinson hated society's growth of rules and regulations. No wonder he got on with Nigel…
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Cult heroes -- Ak Miller
Hot-rodding pioneer, Carrera PanAmericana veteran, Bonneville record-breaker and turbocharger innovator, Ak Miller was nothing if not prolific. Born Arkton Moeller…
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Adam Cooper's Track forward
F1 qualifying has undergone yet more changes. This time for the better, we hope... What to do with F1 qualifying…
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What goes around...
Maserati against Ferrari Maserati may be sitting pretty in the FIA GT Championship with two rounds to go -- but the…
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Track back -- 50/30/20/10 years ago
1995: Tommi Mäkinen wins the Rally of Thailand ahead of team-mate Kenneth Eriksson to claim the Asia-Pacific manufacturer's title for…
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Reviews, December 2005
Ayrton Senna: the Team Lotus Years by Johnny Tipler. ISBN 1-902351-16-9, published by Coterie Press, £34.95 How can there possibly…
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Feedback
Views of point Sir, The Japanese Grand Prix was the best Formula One race for a long time. And why?…
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Jenks on...
Le Mans, 1969 The Le Mans 24-hour race has many shortcomings, as anyone will agree who has been there, but…
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Star letter
Targa timing Sir, While returning from the Australian MotoGP race recently, l had the excellent experience of sitting next to Sandro…
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You were there...
On one extreme: Monaco. On the other: forests on the RAC Rally. Somewhere in between: road racing in Ireland These…
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